A multi-institute research team has created a synthetic nanotube that functions as a nanoscale sieve as it allows selective ion transport like Mother Nature's potassium ion channels, which are essential components of almost all living cells.
By Will Soutter
19 Jul 2012
Developer of smart surface technology, mPhase Technologies has entered into a partnership agreement with New Jersey-based Steven Institute of Technology to jointly seek research and development projects and business opportunities with industry and government.
Taking a leaf out of nature’s book, a team of multinational researchers have engineered synthetic pores that imitate natural pores in the human body. Pores or cellular ion channels play an important role in human health by controlling the type of substances that go through the cells.
By Will Soutter
19 Jul 2012
Klean Industries, a provider of industrial, sustainable energy solutions, has established Klean Carbon through which the company will supply Nanocarbon that will be manufactured by Klean. Marketing of the Nanocarbon materials will be carried out on a global level through the new e-procurement web portal set up for Klean Carbon.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
19 Jul 2012
Gas company Naturgas leads the Evalgas project, focused on the construction of an intelligent network of wireless sensors by means of microtechnologies to evaluate the quality of gases both with respect to its supply and its consumption.
Research and Markets has included a new report titled ‘Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale’ to its catalogue.
AIXTRON has reported the installation and commissioning of two new MOCVD systems that are capable of operating either in multiple 6" or 8" configuration at EpiGaN’s advanced purpose-built facility situated in Hasselt, Belgium.
Ceres Ventures has declared plans to accelerate the development and commercialization of its cutting-edge water and wastewater purification and treatment system called the BluFlow water treatment system, which integrates the company’s patent-pending nanotechnology and sophisticated ultra-purification technology to obtain clean water at a lower cost.
By G.P. Thomas
18 Jul 2012
Industrial Nanotech, a provider of sustainable nanotechnology based solutions, has announced that Nanosulate Crystal, its patented clear and nanotechnology based roof coating continues to be in demand. A popular technique adopted presently to improve energy efficiency of buildings is to give a white coating to the roofs.
Multi-level events in translocation experiments of nanopore can now be processed automatically thanks to a method devised by the team led by Professor Aleksandra Radenovic at the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, Lausanne.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
18 Jul 2012
The Max Planck Gesellschaft (MPG) institute has signed an agreement of partnership with EPFL, Switzerland to jointly establish a laboratory for Nanosciences research.
By Will Soutter
18 Jul 2012
It is known that conventional treatment methods of cancer are accompanied by toxic side effects. This is particularly true of chemotherapy in which chemicals injected into the body are not confined to the tumors alone but attack healthy tissues and vital organs thereby impacting normal bodily functions.
By Will Soutter
18 Jul 2012
A team of scientists from Lockheed Martin and Rice University has developed a process to extract manifold superior-performance anodes from single silicon wafers.
By G.P. Thomas
17 Jul 2012
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, a company specializing in RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, announced that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has reported its Phase 1 clinical trial results for ALN-TTR02, an RNAi therapeutic that uses Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle delivery platform to target transthyretin (TTR) for TTR-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR) treatment.
By Will Soutter
17 Jul 2012
STMicroelectronics has unveiled an ultra-compact multi-sensor MEMS module equipped with programmable motion-recognition capabilities called the LSM330.